14 SERVCO | LifeWatch ERIC Project Manager ENVRIFAIR

14 SERVCO | LifeWatch ERIC Project Manager ENVRIFAIR

• End of May 2026 – Policy-brief to demonstrate the application of habitat-based mapping in supporting EU strategies (e.g., Biodiversity Strategy, Nature Restoration Law).

Mapping user requirements

• End of January 2025 – Catalogue of services already available in LifeWatch ERIC or research lines addressing ecological responses to climate change;
• February 2025 (TBD) – Online working table on setting priorities, timeline and milestones for the mapping service and model requirements by scientists and science stakeholders.
• End of January 2025 – Internal distribution of a questionnaire on the most used/relevant model resources in the WG member research activity;
• February 2025 (TBD) – Online working table on setting priorities, timeline and milestones for the mapping service and model requirements by scientists and science stakeholders.

Knowledge Exchange and Capacity Building

• End of December 2025 – Create a shared repository of guidance documents, tools, templates, and data resources accessible to WG members and broader communities.

Organising WG workshops and conferences

• End of January 2025 – Setting priority research lines and contributions to the BEeS 2025 LifeWatch Conference for the session on the “Ecological responses to climate change”;
• March/April 2025 (TBD) – Workshop ‘Ecological modelling and eco-informatics to address functional responses of biodiversity and ecosystems to climate change’ co‑organised with the University of Salento;
• 30 June – 3 July 2025 – Participation to LifeWatch 2025 BEeS Conference on “Addressing the Triple Planetary Crisis”.

Fund raising

• End of January 2025 – Establishing a WG Committee on scouting project application opportunities and fundraising.

Meetings, Webinars, International Conferences & Networking (2025/2026)

• Organising and participating at discussions on emerging technologies in biodiversity monitoring;
• Organising webinars on machine learning, eDNA analysis, and automated data collection;
• Fostering collaboration between researchers, technologists, and decision‑makers;
• Conducting pilot projects to test new monitoring methods;
• Publishing scientific and popular science papers and reports on advancements in biodiversity assessment;
• Developing best practices for data curation and sharing;
• Ensuring that biodiversity data aligns with FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) standards.

Development of VREs for Ecosystem Simulation (2026)

• Creating virtual models of ecosystems to predict environmental changes;
• Enhancing conservation strategies through AI‑driven simulations.

Mapping Requirements and Gap Analysis

• End of December 2025 – Catalogue of services already available in LifeWatch ERIC or research lines Ecosystem services mapping.

Methodological Alignment and Innovation

• End of January 2026 – Online working table on mapping standards, classification systems, and indicators across members;
• End of January 2026 – Catalogue of advanced techniques (e.g., remote sensing, GIS modelling, and machine learning) for scalable, habitat‑based ecosystem service mapping;
• End December 2026 – Methodological framework to support methodological innovation through joint development and testing of mapping approaches, especially linking ecosystem service supply and demand.

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